Google provides a number of great services for you and your site. Two of the most important are Google Custom Search, and Google Analytics. The stock WordPress search function is pretty lame, and Google Custom Search far outstrips it in speed and depth of search. The new article, “Google Custom Search Setup,” gives you step-by-step [...]
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The search capabilities of the standard WordPress widget is woefully lacking. It’s slow and misses a lot, and despite a host of plugins that enhance its capability, it still can’t hold a candle to Google Search. This article shows you how to set up Google Custom Search for your site, how to get the various [...]
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Been really busy here in the Nichols Nuthouse, writing articles and code, and cleaning up various little odds and ends. My main thrust is to flesh out my beginning content so that there will be something here when I start advertising the site. So it’s hot-and-heavy on the keyboard for me! Here’s what I’ve done [...]
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I‘ve accomplished quite a bit since yesterday, despite a violent storms outside and frequent power blips (thank goodness for the UPS!). Although I “knew” it, it’s still surprising how much work there is to do getting the site set up — much more than just making the theme look and work ok. As they say, [...]
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Happy Fourth of July! Most people take the day off and do the barbecue thing. I will do hot dogs at my best buddy’s house, but otherwise I’ll be plugging away here at the Nichols Nuthouse. My wife is in England and my daughter is doing her own thing, so I have the space to [...]
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